Yes, embarrassing. Forest/Trees (pun intended). The problem is a bit basic, and should have been entertained and mitigated perhaps back in the thirties (It was).
Step back, let's. Going back to the drafting table is what got us here. The solution was in the elementaries, and long ago.
Making a simple endeavour complicated is arse about?
As per JDEE, the hardware is archaic, simplistic, and dependable.
Archaic, simplistic, and dependable = PILOT.
Ziegler was a lunatic. False idols and all that. Making the ship complex, for the sake of its complexity, was a fools errand.
See, ECAM. What a load of "Les bolloisie". The warnings can be cleared by the system presenting them to the PILOT.
Right, in the midst of what was a challenging flight theme, let's make everything dependent on the one resource ill-equipped to handle the system. And then, when he fails, light him up, and get everyone started on why the system is Excellent/Bulless.
Time release homicide. I blame Bernard.
"The silly Pilot couldn't cope". That's the expletive of those complicit in this cruel joke.
Pilots need to stop pretending they are GOD's gift, and Techies need to
stop acting like the Gift's GOD.
juct a tuppence, eh?